Telegram-herald., 1887-07-04
POLITICAL PROPHECY
sss. /. y. wssToN INTERVIEWED.
reiitics iE ths East -CfsssIand Asaissk
bls.na "a i5ss The uss8sesats v ih
AassSasi4s Fsefscf Ga aaid
Gisss Lsxfstsfiun-

&t&ss LaktattiAito-
Hon. I II. Weston. Chairma3sr the
Dsn.ocsalie stass Central C0mmittse. VALE
in Detroit 1asar.ag. Vas eaEghE eg al
Es<ssiaq As.es rspoftsr. and The rssuit vas
an laseFyiss Nnlea wLi be OF interest 10
rsassrs irrespective q party aEiliAtlons. Is
II prinlsd Ia tai below
Chairman T. n Weston hAs iass returned
from tls last shefe be s8a uusily tz<lnz
political o6ses ztl0us. he Vas seen st tne
Russell House this morning b Ases re-
porter.
Whist dit yon pick up politically during
youf ale trip
They 4rs talking politics mere IA New
YORK and New Euxiand than here. Among
the Democrats aAa H0n PARTISAN business
meg there Is = sir9nx Cleveland sentiment
Platforms eli not Dlay prominent part II
the usxs fres.dsntlzi campaign. This
c0untry has become TOO large ana rs inter
esis TOO diverse % psrmil any national
party tak!ng pronounced position On the
current economic questions. Voters disfe-
gard party iaes - OF 0u side issues, and
sre influenced 81 the personality of can
dilales 10 = wsy thai Is disgusting % cam
paign managers. fnis tsndeucg. which has
Beea growing i1f ten years, will Be More
noticeable 10 l.ss than ever before.
'~Fne democrats sill again dght againsta
hgn protective tariff anI c.as. les slsiatioa-
H. other words. tas rights and interests OF
tle many against the frH-wai,e the kr
p1blicaas sin talk the el0ody sh.rE aud
work 10 increase the corporation crowd n
Congress. Iaey vii NOT dare ad0p. plat
form radically opposed 10 our position.
Hence the real fgnt viii bc GA ths per-
sOnal rscort oi candidates. and right there
- Cleveland strength. The strong. silent
under current = with him. The business
men and The wOrkirgmsn Of al parties isel
that be - conscientious, Courageous and
conservative. New YORK State will again
decide the question. and the independent
business voters who want clean. anti
ing0 administration Will control New
York"
"Wul Cleveland accept the nomination."
II am certain he does not seek Il, and
really doesn't want it, bat he desires DernC-
cratic success. and II convinced that be can
poll more votes than any other candidate 1
believe vii feel Il rs duty % accept
How about the opposition Of unsaccess-
ful Office seeksgs'"
80. there IS not one-tenth the adverse
criticism ahOat that there was six months
ssO. The kickers fad that the average
voter bears up under tas trlouiati0ns OF
disappointed politicians with for
tisuds that IS simply heroic. and have quit
talking.
Is not the Independeut Labor party
movement threatening 10 the Democratic
81. think not. The wOrkingmen OF this
country are too Intelligent 10 De drawn in
TO a scheme 20 elect Blaine or any other
corporation candidate. They recognize that
the Democratic party has been the faithful
friend OF tae people Tor eighty years henry
George. PowdsrlY and Dr. HcGlynn are all
Dem0crats George stunped New York for
Hancock n fS.0 -
~wnat part viii the Prohibition vote
play
We'll. a vote tha, Jumped from II, 900 in
1850 TO Isl 900 in tss4, and 2Ss 600 Ia lsS6.
with eleven States not voting. Will stand
watching. But it Is the Republican tele-
scope that Is pointed IN tie direction OF
thar cloud jus. now
''W.io Vii the Democrats nominate for
Vice President
Naturally a Western soldier | heard
the names of Postmaster General Villas. his
first assistant Colonel Stevenson. and Gen.
eral Black. Of the Pension Department, all
faYOrabiy mentioned
'Wili Blaine be nominatedf
''it looks that way now The machinery
Of the Republican party is behind Blsiae.
and the corporations are behind the Re
publican party. His campaign opened
when hs landed in England Jay Gould
helps run this end of II with the New York
Tr,taas. bis cable aud Western Union re-
ports. All friendly papers have been nOti-
hed 20 give prominent place TO these Blaine
bulletins and "Jsr kirs him 20 the utmost.
venture % say that all the numerous re-
ports Of his movements are revised by
Blaine himself before going 20 his cisquers.
The scheme commands plenty OF brains
ard money. and will. in al probability, get
coQtroi Of the next Republican National
CONVENTION.
Logan was Blaines most formidable
antagonist for The nomination, But with
al bis morbid ambition. Blaine Is shrewi
and may pull out % save defeat In that
case the Jaw Gould crowd viii push Sher-
man or Allison who have Al S,ays stood by
them in the senate. Bat - politicians
would prefer western military candidate
Ike Foraker. 0gicsby or ger. Even Fair
child had hopes bat they sTe palsiej now.
since be has done 40 tie republican party
m The southern border states. lie has held
offrs twsrtY-iour years out Of the last
twenty seven an haiss 90 Quit.
Nr. Blaine Is badly broken physically.
wfs a. the fifth avenue hotel I'M New
NorS the last two DAYS before BEE sailsd for
Europe. ard wss asfonished 20 note the
clauge since hs stUmpeG Michigan t1o
wears sgs 'asf fsll lie looks ten years
older His hair IS perfectly white, fsce
desttly rsie. form ce7t k1t sisu Sow S0d
"'tt 80" 'fr----t ~ r't~ ---r ~-r-- '--l-- -
too mnrh.f
IN case Cisvsl3nt declines who viii the
democals take nptH
Gov Hil. I presume. although Mayor
Hewitt is making lots OF record Just shout
new
" hat Cabinet changes 10 vcu anticipate
II SecretaFv Lamar goes on the Supreme
Bench
I don believe lamar vii he changed.
He is TOO old. [ think ths Presidents viii
sproint a nan between the aces Of a. snd
"a 20 The vsc3nt jG-t'csshin
''Wal there Sc fusion IN N.eh -sn in
fSSsf
4 think ihs fsiiare e. fuse isst spring
insured fusion In tsss believe ths result
ct that campsiyn convinced the opponents
of fusion Ia both partcs r' tae mistake
riaie av The lass two co8s atiou< We can
snd uif win next year. p. -holcs .hsfs wiz
~ sevefsi Republican r;fi ra'rr Sens-
toris' ranftisfss IN the fe's wfr t1rSsls at
hocfle. aut IS wc0 sors H7z. firae. Nfch-
izsu ass a1t enough al oi1e i1nd LaSisla-
tares. elected seislv to par orc particular
person int- the United States senate
Poisoned a. = church ss~faf
Co~Szrsr. o.. July 3-kts church social
ssf right A. Ar5oy. near tsis place nearly